People over 60 are urged to take their fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, their second booster dose, as soon as possible due to a resurgence of the epidemic on European soil, health authorities said. European on Monday.
“I call on member states to immediately offer second boosters to all over 60s and vulnerable people, and I call on all eligible people to come forward for vaccination,” said the European Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides in a joint statement from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
On France Inter, Professor Jean-François Delfraissy, president of the scientific council in France, recalled that “the most important thing is to protect the oldest and most at risk people”.
“I advise the oldest and most fragile people to have their fourth vaccination now,” he advised.